Steve D

A fantastic addictive romp into an open world fantasy. The combat system is organic feeling and very intuitive, feels great to progress through, and builds on its predecessor in ways that I could not have imagined if appreciate back when I was playing Dark Arisen. Overall, this is exactly the kind of game that I needed, and if you enjoyed the first I'm confident you'll live this one. I certainly do. The world feels, to me, more lived in and organic than Elden Ring's (which makes sense, its a living world compared to a relatively desolate hellscape) and really makes exploration feel rewarding and fun. I haven't just wanted to explore in forever, but Dragon's Dogma really enables and encourages it with new and exciting discoveries that keep coming even 20+ hours in. I love it.

It was a mess. No one in my friend group thinks this was a good Star Wars film. They tie up all the loose threads in unsatisfying ways (except Rey's parentage, that was pretty good, but not as revolutionary as reviewers make it seem), and leave little to be excited for. I'm just glad it's over.